456 SOREX. MICROSOREX. 



1103. Sorex sclateri Merriam. 



Sorex sclateri Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xi, 1897, p. 228. 

 Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, 

 Pt. II, 1904, p. 552. Zool. Ser. 

 Sclater's Shrew. 



Type locality. Tumbala, State of Chiapas, Mexico. Altitude, 

 5,000 feet. 



Geogr. Distr. State of Chiapas, Mexico. 



1104. Sorex saussurii Merriam. 



Sorex saussurei Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., vii, 1892, p. 173. 

 Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, 

 Pt. II, 1904, p. 553. Zool. Ser. 

 Saussure's Shrew. 



Type locality. North slope of the Sierra Nevada de Colima, State 

 of Jalisco, Mexico. Altitude, 8,000 feet. 

 Geogr. Distr. State of Jalisco, Mexico. 



a. Sorex saiissiiTU mutahilis Merriam. 



Sorex caudatus Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 10, 1895, p. 84. (nee 



Hodgson, 1851.) 

 Sorex saussurei mutahilis Merr., Science, N. S., viii, 1898, p. 782. 

 Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, 

 Pt. II, 1904, p. 553. Zool. Ser. 

 Changeable Shrew. 



Type locality. Rej^es, State of Oaxaca, Mexico. Altitude, 

 10,200 feet. 



Geogr. Distr. From State of Vera Cruz to State of Oaxaca, 

 Mexico. 



1105. Sorex orinus Elliot. 



Sorex orinus Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., iii, 1903, p, 172. 

 Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. 

 Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 553, fig. 102. Zool. Ser. 

 Mountain Shrew. 



Type locality. Aguaje de las Fresas, San Pedro Martir Mountains, 

 Lower California, Mexico. Altitude, 6,000 feet. 



Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



Genus 144. Microsorex. Siuall Slircw.s. 



Microsorex Coues, Notes on Am. Insectiv. Mamm., Bull. U. S. Geol. 

 and Geogr. Surv., iii, 1877, No. 3, p. 646. Type Sorex hoyi 

 Baird. 



